Greece men's national handball team

Greece
Greece
Information
Association	Hellenic Handball Federation
Coach	Georgios Zaravinas
Captain	Charalampos Mallios
Most caps	Georgios Chalkidis (220)
Most goals	Savvas Karypidis (930)
Colours
Home	Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2004)
Best result	6th (2004)
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2005)
Best result	6th (2005)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Greece national handball team is the national handball team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Handball Federation.

Greece has a long tradition in handball. First of all, Greece made it to the handball 2005 World Cup and the 2004 Olympics where they beat Brazil, Korea and won against Egypt in a close game. In the Olympics they lost to eventual champions Croatia, and finished sixth in the tournament. In the World Cup they finished in the sixth position as well.

Competitive record[]

Olympic Games[]

Olympic record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	Did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens	Quarter-finals	6th place	8	3	0	5	188	220
2008 Beijing	Did not qualify
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
Total	1/14	–	8	3	0	5	188	220

World Championships[]

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Quarter-finals	6th place	9	4	1	4	245	246
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023	To be determined
// 2025
2027
Total	1/30	–	9	4	1	4	245	246

European Championships[]

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024	To be determined
2026
2028
Total	0/18

Current squad[]

Greek squad at the 2023 World Championship Qualification

Position	No.	Player	Date of birth	Club
GK	16		(1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 27)	AEK Athens
GK	40		(2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 20)	Ademar León
LW	2		(1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 (age 31)	Filippos Verias
LW	18		(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 21)	Olympiacos
RW	3		(2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 19)	PAOK
RW	14		(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 27)	Olympiacos
RW	21		(1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 30)	AEK Athens
RW	38		(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 (age 25)	AEK Athens
CB	11	Charalampos Mallios (c)	(1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 34)	Diomidis Argous
CB	20		(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 27)	Olympiacos
CB	28		(1990-08-11) 11 August 1990 (age 31)	AEK Athens
CB	24		(1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 30)	Olympiacos
RB	15		(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 22)
RB	23		(2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 (age 20)	PAOK
RB	27		(1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 25)	AEK Athens
LΒ	6		(2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 20)	Ademar León
LB	10		(1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 26)	AEK Athens
LΒ	32		(1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 25)	Olympiacos
LΒ	34		(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 23)	AEK Athens
P	8		(1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 22)	Ademar León
P	13		(1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 27)	Olympiacos
P	19		(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 23)	Olympiacos

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Cup Competitions	Greek Cup Greek Cup women